CryptoPunks, Boogles, and zkSnarks drive millions in NFT trading volume

The NFT market just had one of its most active weeks in months, and the action wasn’t confined to a single blockchain. CryptoPunks moved $3.58 million in ETH, Solana’s Boogles collection crossed $1 million in sales, and a brand-new Zcash-native project called zkSnarks raised roughly $17 million through a blind auction. CryptoPunks remind everyone they’re still around In the week leading up to September 22, 40 CryptoPunks changed hands for a combined 1,309 ETH, worth approximately $3.58 million at current prices. That cluster of sales represented 40% of the collection’s total trading volume for the entire month. Boogles haunt the Solana charts Over on Solana, the OG 1/1 Boogles collection posted 10 sales in September totaling 8,700 SOL, valued at more than $1 million. For a collection of pixelated ghost-themed NFTs, that’s a respectable haunting of the leaderboard. Prominent crypto figures including WhiteWhale and Se Yong Park, co-founder of FOMO, participated in Boogles transactions. Some individual Boogles pieces have reportedly traded above $100,000. zkSnarks launches big on Zcash, but questions follow The most eye-catching debut belongs to zkSnarks, a 10,000-piece collection of ...